Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, that has been done and was done with the previous governments. It concerned the housing issue, the northern accord, the perversity in the formula financing agreement, the hospital billings agreement, the physicians' services agreement, and a number of issues, not the least of which was the federal government not paying some tax-based municipalities grant-in-lieu on property that was set aside for aboriginal use. There was a package presented to the previous government and they chose not to deal with it as a package. That same package exists at the present time. It has been modified somewhat. All Members of Cabinet are aware of the items that are in that package. It is a matter now of waiting for the new federal government to get up to speed on a number of these issues and then sitting down with the federal Finance Minister, whose desk I believe it will arrive on, and see if they are willing to deal with these items as a package. One of the large steps towards doing that was when Mr. Irwin agreed to negotiate, through our lawyers, the health billings dispute. That has taken us towards resolving all of these issues in one fell-swoop. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
John Pollard on Question 20-12(5): Lawsuit With Federal Government On Health Costs
In the Legislative Assembly on December 13th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 20-12(5): Lawsuit With Federal Government On Health Costs
Question 20-12(5): Lawsuit With Federal Government On Health Costs
Item 5: Oral Questions
December 12th, 1993
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John Pollard Hay River
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